Enjoy fresh lemonade year-round with my Homemade Sugar-Free Lemonade Concentrate! Only four, all-natural ingredients and 5 minutes are all it takes. You’ll never use the powdered mix or store-bought type again!
With only 2 ingredients—lemon juice and sweetener —this homemade version of lemonade concentrate is so super easy to make too. I also like that I can control the type of sweetener in it as well.
Lemons usually ripen in November/December in our area.
And let me tell you, our area produces ALOT of lemons!
So, after making amazing Keto Lemon Pudding, Keto Lemon Lime Bars with a Graham Cracker Crust as well as my 4-Minute Microwave Keto Lemon Curd Recipe and still having WAY too many lemons, I decided to create an easy and delicious Sugar-free Lemonade Concentrate!
What ingredients do you need to make this Sugar-Free Lemonade Concentrate?
- lemons
- allulose
Which type of lemons are the best?
If you can get your hands on Meyer Lemons, they definitely make the best lemonade. Meyer lemons are a small, sweet hybrid lemon. They're thought to be a cross between a regular lemon (Eureka and Lisbon variety) and a mandarin orange. Sweeter than all other varieties, this type of lemon definitely produces an AMAZING lemonade.
However, they are not always easy to come by and be pretty expensive. So, for this recipe, feel free to use any type of lemon you can get your hands on!
What is Allulose?
Also known as D-psicose, allulose is technically classified as a rare sugar because it can naturally be found in just a few foods, such as kiwi, raisins and figs. It is chemically similar to fructose which is a type of natural sugar found in fruit.
However, unlike fructose or other types of sugar, your body doesn’t process it the same way and therefore has no effect on blood sugar and is therefore virtually calorie-free.
It has around 70% of the sweetness of regular table sugar therefore if you want to replace sugar with allulose, remember that for every 1 cup of sugar, you will use 1 ⅓ cup of allulose.
The BEST thing about allulose is that unlike other keto and low carb sweeteners, allulose does not crystalize when it cools making it great for certain desserts such as custards, pudding and marshmallows.
How do you make this Sugar-Free Lemonade Concentrate?
- Combine the lemon juice with the allulose
- Stir until the allulose has dissolved
- Pour into an ice cube tray or any container
- Freeze until ready to use
How do you make Sugar-Free Lemonade from the Concentrate?
For Mr. Grumbles and I, we like about 1 ice cube per 2-3 cups of water. My ice cube tray is slightly larger and easy ice cube is about 2 tablespoon of sugar-free lemonade concentrate.
If you feel like this is too strong for you, simply add some additional water.
If you don't have an ice cube tray, you can easily pour the mixture into any container. The mixture does not really freeze so you can simply grab 2 tablespoon and stir it into a glass of water.
If you like this Sugar-Free Lemonade Concentrate recipe, you may also enjoy:
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Sugar-Free Lemonade Concentrate
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1.5 cups 1x
Ingredients
- 6-8 lemons (about 1 cup lemon juice)
- 1 cup alllulose
Instructions
- Squeeze the lemons into a glass measuring cup. Add additional lemons or limes to reach the 1 cup mark on the measuring cup.
- Stir in the allulose and whisk until the allulose fully dissolves. Pour the mixture into ice cube trays or into a container. Place the mixture into the freezer.
- When ready to use, add 2 tablespoon of the lemon concentrate to 1-2 cups of water. Add additional water or lemon concentrate to suit your tastes.
1 ice cube to 1 cup water
- Prep Time: 5
- Category: Drinks
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American, Spring, Summer
- Diet: Diabetic
Cat says
The recipe is about making concentrate so that you can quickly make a pitcher of sugar-free lemonade in a quick minute. Sorry you didn't understand the concept!
Jeff says
Where is the concentrate?
Putting fake sugar and mixing with lemon juice doesn't make it concentrated lemon juice, does it?